Deputies: Woman hid crack coke under her dentures

A road deputy had been patrolling an area near a known drug house in Punta Gorda when he noticed a GMC pickup with two women inside pull into the home's driveway and then leave in just a few minutes, according to a news release from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

The pickup then drove into a closed business parking lot and parked -- until the driver spotted the deputy and drove off. A traffic stop was made due to the suspicious activity, the release stated.

The driver, Lora Ashley Whitehead, 25, showed the deputy a suspended Tennessee driver’s license. She was asked to exit the truck after the deputy noticed some needle marks on her arm. She handed the deputy a used syringe and told him she had injected crack prior to being pulled over, according to the report.

Both Whitehead and her passenger, Kimberly Joyce Maroney, 49, were "shaking and appeared very nervous," the report stated.

Maroney allegedly had a crack pipe in her purse that was used with burnt Brillo in one end and a piece of Crack Cocaine stuck into the Brillo.

The deputy noticed Maroney was not opening her mouth all the way and appeared to be moving something around with her tongue. The deputy then asked her to remove her dentures because he believed she was still trying to hide something in her mouth.

This deputy then took a bite out of crime: Once the dentures were removed, the deputy saw three large pieces of Crack Cocaine in her mouth which she handed to the deputy, according to the release.